Water cooler



A. E. NAVE wAT fi COOLER April 19, 1932.:

Filed Janfs o, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 j, 5 v 'INVENTOR.

' ATTORNEY April 19,1932. j V 1,854,995

WATER COOLER I Filed Jan. -30, 1931 I 2 She-ts-Sheet 2 I INVENITOR.

ATTORNEY 5 pensive casing or ca Patented Apr. 19, 1 932 UNITED STA mm B. ITAVE, F I'lVANSVILL YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE This invention relates to refr aratus designed to cool liquids rinking water or the like.

It is an object of the inve igeration ap- TES PATENT .OFFDICE E, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO SERVEL INC OF NEW WATER COOLER a Application filed January 80, 1931. Serial No. 512,310.. U L

nsive to manufacture and in which the rewhich connects withthe unit 10.

same becomes desirable.

structure.

Further objects apparent from the g0 drawings wherein at Fig. 3, a verti faucet and drip pan disc eluding disposed frame member Fig. 1 is a front elevati application of the invention; I

.Fig. 1,

Fig. 4, a vertical of angle iron of th supported at each of its four corners by p an upright post or. angle 13, sa1d angles extutes an operative refrigeratmg unlt for cooltendmg from the floor to the upper part of. mg liquid and the parts are exposed and readiframe 14 is supported 1y accessible for examination or service.

A suitable casing for the above described frame 14 includes horizontally mechanism consists of an easily detachable s of wood or the like shell 24 of metal or like material slipped I I down over the entire framework 'until it rests An evaporator 15 is suspended from the upon the gasket after which it may be sees of brackets 14a. cured in position by means of screws or other f inner and outer fastening elements 25.

ms a con- :{Igied-in the central portion of its top. with opening surrounded b a flange 26 in which upon which rests the cabinet. An upper by the upper ends of the corn such upper material.-

upper frame) 14 by mean This evaporator consists o shells the interior of which for or water or o d. The space beis disposed a gasket 2 ator 15 may be a bottle 28. If it is not desired to use abottle,

frigerant from the a solid head, not shown, may be used in lieu tainer or reservoir'f stance to be refrigerate tween the shells of the e supplied with liquid re with the casing removed.

Referring to the drawings, unit 10, which, for

tion may be an herme a motor driven compressor, is

the purpo rigerating mechanism is easily made accessible for servicing or i The present invention contemplates the provision of a skelet the necessary mechanism fri geration, an insulated recepta tain-the liquid to be cooled, and ,an inexon structure containing for produclng recle for confollowing description ply. taken in connection with the accompanying er posts 13 and ther sub.-

vapor quently materially reduced.

to receive a cured in position in any desired condenser 11 in the usual manner through a such as connection 11a including a capillary tube, v expansion valve or the like, not shown, and nt1on to provide vaporous refrigerant may be withdrawn 5 an apparatus of this character whlch is mex from said space through a suction'line 10a I A sheet metal casing or' housing 16 is supf for other reason the ported from the underside of the upper 1 frame 14 and encloses insulation 17 disposed around the evaporator shell 15. The amount of insulation for the water cooler is conse- If the cooler is to be used for cooling water, I either a bottle or demijohn may be used for bmet for such skeleton supplying water to the receptacle formed 7 by the evaporator shell or the device may be and advantages will be connected directly with the city water sup- If a bottle is used, the' receptacle 15 is covered with a plate 18 provided with a throat or upwardly extending portion 18a on illustrating one for receiving the neck of the bottle, the upper v extremity of said throat being prov1ded ig. 2, a vertical section'on theline 2-2 of with an annular groove or recess 19, adapted asket -20 of rubber or other soft cal section of the casing with -material. 7 he plate or head 18 may be se.

onnected; and section through the unit the present instance bolts 21 being employed 4 and by means of these bolts the connecting a refrigerating brackets 14a and the evaporator shell are se of illustrarigidly connected. ti n l d it, in. liquid from the reservoir-15, a discharge pipe 22 has one end connected to the lower mounted with a condenser 11 upon aframe 12 central portion of the same and has its outer e like and such frame is endprovided with a faucet 23...

The above described construction constimanner, in

In order to withdraw The shell 24 is proof the head 18'. Also, with a solid head, the

opening in the upper portion of the shell may bedispensed with or may be covered by a suitable cover.

The shell 24 is provided in its front with an/opening through which the outer end of the tubing 22 pro ects. Through this opening the outer end of the tubing may be pulled,

' and the tubing is provided with one or more eXtra'turns to facilitate such manipulation. When pulled out the end of the tubing is accessible for the attachment of the faucet.

be employed and inattached against the inside and such construcl by means of a hook 32 the louvres 33. In order shell 34 may be attached tion is contemplated by' the invention.

A drip b-asin 31 is mounted below the faucet 24 and is detachably connected to the casing which projects through an opening in the front of the casing. This permits the drip basin to be removed when it is desired to empty its contents.

In'order to increase the efficiency of the con denser 11, the cabinet is closed except at the bottom beneath the condenser and adjacent its top where it is provided with louvres 33 so that air may pass upwardly through the condenser andinto the shell and escape through toprovide a flue, a to the corner posts Y 14, such shell terminating in spaced relation to the rear end and side walls of the casing and giving a substantial length to the air passage along the .rear' and sides 'of the casing.

ing unit for cooling said It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention and the invention is not limited to what .is shown in the drawings and described in the specification but only as indicated in the appended claims.

I claim:

. 1. A device of. the class described, comprising a frame structure, an evaporator supported by said frame structure, a refrigerat evaporator, a jacket of insulation around the evaporator and a detachable shell enclosing the frame struc-- ture, refrigerating unit and evaporator.

2. In a liquid cooling apparatus, a frame,

an evaporator and a refrigerating unit mount- 1 ed on said frame, said frame,

and a detachable casing for refrigerating unit and evaporator.

o5 Ina q id cooling apparatus Skele ton frame'having mounted thereon a refrigopening through which.

However, if desired, a a

being attached to the erating apparatus, and a detachable shellenclosing said skeleton frame.

1. In a liquid cooling apparatus, a skele-' said plate.

-6. A water cooler comprising a skeleton frame structure including an evaporator forming a reservoir, a condenser and a casing for said skeleton structure constructed to provide a flue so that airvwill pass into the casin through the condenser and be discharged from a remote portion of the casing.

7 A water cooler comprising a skeleton frame structure including an evaporator forming a reservoir, a condenser and a casingfor said skeleton structure constructed to provide a flue so that air will pass into the casing through the condenser and be-discharged from a remote portion of the casing and a flexible faucet connection from said reservoir through said casing.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

- ALFRED E. NAVE.

and a detachable shell en for liqskeleton 

